What planet is this numpty on!

georgee
georgee Posts: 537
edited June 2009 in The bottom bracket
I am sure you'll be amused by this muppet, why not leave a comment on his daft biggoted views...

http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/wos/ ... iclepage=1

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  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    What a twat.
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

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  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    He's a right looker isn't he :lol:
    Looks like a crack-head :shock: :lol:
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  • riderjam
    riderjam Posts: 41
    Brilliant, unbiased, well formed....are all words your article is exempt from. Chief sports reporter eh, you must have pictures of the editor in compromising positions.
    May all your children have small penises, especially the girls!

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  • mmitchell88
    mmitchell88 Posts: 340
    Robmanic1 - nice one! :lol:
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  • OffTheBackAdam
    OffTheBackAdam Posts: 1,869
    Sadly, some validity of his points about the TV channel it was shown on and scheduling an event that closes down a city centre on its busiest shopping night.
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    (shakes head) :roll:
  • john-e-big-guns
    john-e-big-guns Posts: 489
    Seeing as he is the head of the paper's sports division.. the only words that come to mind is....ALAN PARTRIDGE..
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  • Rev\'d Gatlin
    Rev\'d Gatlin Posts: 190
    I like him. I think he just needs a tickle tum and another banana.

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  • ellieb
    ellieb Posts: 436
    Makes you wonder though. Some people really do hate cyclists :cry:
  • CHRISNOIR
    CHRISNOIR Posts: 1,400
    Is there any poxy local paper in existence that hasn't run some crappy self-consciously controversial 'opinion' piece ranting about cyclists at some point?

    Ar*ehole - you just know he's sat there with a big pleased smile on his 'most-probably-soon-to-be-made-redundant-due-to-major-cutbacks' face. It's no bloody wonder newspapers are on the bones of their ar*es.
  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    So not everyone likes cycle racing. Big deal.

    The format of team racing is irritating to me, probably incomprehensible to the man in the street who finds it strange that although A crossed the line first the race was won by team Whatsit because they had three riders in the top 10.

    Keep it simple, for fcuk sake.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    He can't write and clearly knows nothing about professional cycling, so maybe he should jack in print journalism. He does however have the perfect face for radio....
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  • Ollieda
    Ollieda Posts: 1,010
    ellieb wrote:
    Makes you wonder though. Some people really do hate cyclists :cry:

    Like white van men:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/8092875.stm
  • Ash_
    Ash_ Posts: 385
    edited June 2009
    As someone who grew up and lived for many years in Peterborough, I frequently read 'Swanny's World of Sport' in the Evening Telegraph. He's just a wind-up merchant. He was having a go at cycling because the event was run the previous week (nice bit of lazy journalism), next week he'll move on to something else, having a go at it with the same tired old format.

    This column is supposed to be controversial, to spark a bit of debate, and probably to keep him from getting bored - not a great deal happens in Peterborough. It's only a local paper read by people who know well enough not to take him seriously.

    He is a better journalist than this, as his match reports for Peterborough United show, but not much.

    The paper as a whole was supportive of the event, running a piece about how local businesses though it was a good idea despite any disruption:
    http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Firms-welcome-Tour-Series-Peterborough.5306139.jp

    Although they don't seem to have done a decent write-up on the race (not on the on-line version anyway)
  • kafkathedog
    kafkathedog Posts: 242
    Clarkson Wannabee???

    Not even close though.
  • Harry B
    Harry B Posts: 1,239
    I've left a reply. I'd urge others to do likewise
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  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    Ash_ wrote:
    This column is supposed to be controversial, to spark a bit of debate, and probably to keep him from getting bored - not a great deal happens in Peterborough. It's only a local paper read by people who know well enough not to take him seriously.

    He is a better journalist than this, as his match reports for Peterborough United show, but not much.

    Probably just a column to keep him ticking over in the off-season whilst the Posh don't have any fixtures to report on?

    David
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  • Ash_
    Ash_ Posts: 385
    DavidBelcher wrote:
    [Probably just a column to keep him ticking over in the off-season whilst the Posh don't have any fixtures to report on?

    Oh, he's not averse to having a go at the Posh too, whatever the easiest target is so he can be down the pub ASAP...

    Oh, and don't take much stock of the 'Chief Sports Writer' tag, this is a local paper we're talking about. There's the Sports Editor and this guy, that's pretty much the lot.

    Nobody reads it anyway. Their circulation goes up on Wednesday, when they have the property pages, and on a Thursday when they have the jobs, the rest of the time it's just cats stuck up trees and chip shops not getting planning permission.
  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    Harry B wrote:
    I've left a reply. I'd urge others to do likewise

    Wouldn't give him the satisfaction......
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  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    Ash_ wrote:
    Oh, he's not averse to having a go at the Posh too, whatever the easiest target is so he can be down the pub ASAP....

    Hmm - the Private Eye epithet 'Lunchtime O'Booze' springs to mind.....

    Local papers, though - don't you just love 'em?

    http://www.framleyexaminer.com/

    :wink:

    David
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  • Harry B
    Harry B Posts: 1,239
    STEFANOS4784 wrote:
    Harry B wrote:
    I've left a reply. I'd urge others to do likewise

    Wouldn't give him the satisfaction......

    Maybe not but it might give you some satisfaction :wink:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    He's a funny guy, hndsome and svelte. We need him in british cycling, look at his eyes, like a rabid sniper, kill kill kill, we need him....hee hee hee, no more actifed for me
  • FSR_XC
    FSR_XC Posts: 2,258
    Can't help thinking he wrote this just to get a reaction from cyclists.

    No-one can be that stupid, ill informed and down right rude about sport in general, nevermind cycling.

    I get the impression he drives everywhere and gets upset when he sees that cyclists can actually get around quicker than him.
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    He's clearly just flaming and trying to be controversial but not the sort of thing you'd expect from a supposed Chief Sports Reporter
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  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    His arteries are clogged with fat and its blocking the bloody supply to his brain so he obviously cant help coming across as a div.

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